Plastic display rack



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Patented May 4, 1948 UNITED STATES T OFFICE 2,446,314 if, p PLASTIC. DISPLAY. RACK Willard J. van Wormer, Jr., and Th eodore W. V

Hawkins, Wichita, Kans., 'assignors to McCormick Armstrong Company, Wichita; Kan s. H Application January 11, 1946, Serial No, 641,789

Our invention relates to an improvement in plastic display racks, and has for its object to provide a display rack that is neat in appearance and one that is strong and substantial and one that is preferably transparent.

A further object is to provide a display rack of the kind mentioned that can be easily and quickly taken to pieces and put in acompact space for storage or shipping, and one that can be easily and quickly assembled for use.

A still further object is to provide a display rack of the kind mentioned that is cheap to make and one that is not too expensive to buy.

This display rack is especially adaptable for the display of magazines, railroad time tables,

photographs, or merchandise of any kind that can be placed on the supporting elements of the rack. These and other objects will be more fully explainedas this description progresses.

Now referring to the accompanying drawings in which similar numerals of reference designates the same parts throughout the several figures of the drawings- Fig. 1 is a front elevational view of the display rack.

Fig. 2 is a rear elevational view of the display rack.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the display rack.

Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the supporting elements of the display rack shOWnin expanded portion.

Fig. 5 is an end view of the display rack.

Fig. 6 is an enlarged detail of the structure contained in the circle A in Fig. 2.

Fig. 7 is an enlarged detail view of the structure contained in the circle B in Fig. 3.

In the drawings the display rack is shown as having a pair of scalene or isosceles triangles C and D. The front legs II! of the triangles C and D are turned edge Ways while the bases II and rear legs I2 are turned fiat way with respect to the front legs II). If desired, the front legs I6 of the triangles C and D may be made of an L-shaped cross section and the top end of the rear legs I2 may be provided with-a hook formation I3 that is adaptable to hook over the upper ends of the legs I as shown in Fig. 5.

The display rack is provided with a support plate I4 that is of such height that the plate I4 will fit snugly in the top and front angles of the triangles C and D and rest against the back side of the front triangle legs I0.

The device is provided with a plurality of shelf element such as there shown at I and I6. The

4 Claims. (01. 211-72) v rear edges of the shelvesIB and I6.are provided with notches I1 and I8 that are the same width as the 'front legs I0 of the triangles C and D and approximately half the depth of the trianglefore thetriangle legs I 6 with the notches II' and I8 in registry with the notches I9 or 20 in the triangle legs I0 and then moved rearwardly until the rear edge E of the shelves I5 and I6 rest against the front surface of the wall plate I4 and the shelves I5 and I6 have been received in the notches I9 or 20, and the triangle legs II! have been received in the notches I1 and. I8 in the shelves l5 and I6 whereupon the shelves I5 and I6 are supported by the triangle legs I 6 and stationed longitudinally by the notch assembly above described. The shelves I5 and I6 having been placed as above described a screw 2| of either plastic or metal material is passed through a hole in the wall plate I4 and threaded into the edge of the shelves I5 or I6 to rigidly bind and hold the assembly of the rack together. It will be understood that one or more screws 2| may be used for each shelf I5 or I6 if desired or deemed necessary.

The above described assembly is one that rigidly binds and holds the front legs ll] of the triangles C and D between the shelves I5 and I6 and the wall or plate I4 so that there is no looseness between any of the elements of the structure. Also, due to the reclining position of the front legs III of the triangles C and D the wall or plate I4 leans rearwardly and the shelves I5 and I6 are rigidly held at an angle of substantially ninety degrees thereto, therefore the shelves I5 and I6 also tip downwardly from front to back so that articles such as magazines, folders of various kinds, newspapers and the like will not fall off the shelves I5 and I6.

It is desirable to make the rack of transparent plastic material for appearance and neatness although it will be understood that the rack may be made of colored plastic or other kinds of material if desired.

Due to the method of assembly of the rack as above described, it is obvious that the screws 2| may be removed and the rack may be readily taken to pieces and the pieces piled in a flat compact pile or bundle for packing so the rack can be easily crated or put in a common orstruction of the invention. Now having fully shown and described our invention, what we claim is: i

1. In a display rack of the kind described; said rack having a plurality of skeleton trian- 4 as defined in claim 1; the several elements of said rack being made of transparent material.

4. In a display rack of the kind described and as defined in claim 1; said shelves and adjacent skeleton triangle support legs being morticed together as a means of supporting the shelves at a fixed angle relative to the adjacent skeleton trianglesupport legs andsaid wall.

WILLARD J. VANWORMER, JR,=

THEODORE W. HAWKINS.

gular support elements, each element comprising 7 legs donnected by a base, a wall and shelves,

said wall being positioned. withinthe skeleton V triangular support elements .and fitting snugly in two of the corners thereof, said shelvesbeing n e positioned against the said wall'with thewad 13. In a display rack of the kind described and 25 V 7 REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the me of this patent:

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FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 23,811 Great Britain". 1911 

